The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.

THE
LITERALLY TRANSLATED OR REVISED,
OF CHRIST CHURCH.
HECUBA, ORESTES, PHŒNISSÆ, MEDEA, HIPPOLYTUS, ALCESTIS, BACCHÆ, HERACLIDÆ, IPHIGENIA IN AULIDE, AND IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS.
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.

The translations of the first six plays in the present volume were published at Oxford some years since, and have been frequently reprinted. They are now carefully revised according to Dindorf's text, and are accompanied by a few additional notes adapted to the requirements of the student.
T.A. BUCKLEY,
CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD.

Notwithstanding the fact that his mother had been an herb-seller, it is probable that his father was a man of some family. That he was at least possessed of ample means, is evident from the care and expense bestowed upon our poet's education. Under the tutorship of Anaxagoras, Prodicus, and Protagoras, he had studied both natural philosophy and rhetoric in its sophistical form. In gymnastic exercises he exhibited a successful prowess, being twice victorious in the Eleusinian and Thesean games. Of his skill in painting, some specimens were preserved at Megara.